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Take Me to the River
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'Take Me to the River' is a feature film celebrating the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. Music legends from Stax records and Memphis also mentor and pass on their musical knowledge to contemporary artists in this documentary.
Genre:
Musical, Documentary
Actors:
Terrence Howard, James Alexander, William Bell, Bobby Bland, Scott Bomar, Ben Cauley, Cody Dickinson, Benjamin Flores Jr., Al Gamble, Yo Gotti, Isaac Hayes, ...»
Director:
Martin Shore
Country:
United States
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Paste Magazine
September 25, 2014 While those sessions result in full songs, some of the most memorable, iconic tunes in music history, this film never coalesces into something greater than a collection of mildly interesting pieces.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
September 25, 2014 Three of the guitar marvels shown here - Hubert Sumlin, Teenie Hodges and Skip Pitts - have died since filming. This is a marginal but worthwhile footnote to their legacy.
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The Film Stage
February 27, 2016 While you may stick around for the stories, the film's true draw is the music.
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Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2014 "Take Me to the River" is at its most interesting when zeroing in on the back-and-forth between musicians of different eras ...
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Chicago Reader
September 25, 2014 The premise for this documentary couldn't be more stilted, and some of the matchups are enough to make you wince. But there are a few striking intergenerational moments.
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Boston Globe
September 25, 2014 Flawed as it is, "River" reminds us where all the great music came from.
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Washington Post
September 18, 2014 "Take Me to the River" includes just enough history of the civil rights era to lend it gravitas. The color-blind recording practices of studios like Stax were an anomaly at the time and are well worth noting.
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Austin Chronicle
September 25, 2014 It feels like a mishmash effort overall, more a home movie than a theatrical release. That's fine. If you approach it on those terms, you can't help but feel the love, too.
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Consequence of Sound
January 13, 2015 Take Me to the River is a good-spirited but patchy documentary, less about dropping beats and more about dropping names.
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